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Granted, this might not create
"energy independence", but it could be the
impetus to faster technological breakthroughs. While
some of this technology is still being developed, this
vision must be pursued, in whatever way possible and it
must be done now.
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While hybrids are not yet fuel celled cars, they
represent an ideal transition point, a cataclysm of
positive force empowered by individuals and
corporations to spend money on technologies that advance
the quality of life for everyone, rather than just
shareholders.
Additionally, since automotive transportation is one of
the largest industries in the world, the impact holds
that much more potential. Because the price of this technology is
very affordable for the average consumer, especially
after tax breaks and fuel-economy savings, the impact
can be immediately industry-changing.
While the automobile has changed the world, it has been
very costly:
- Killing more Americans than all wars combined.
- Making the US dependent on foreign oil resulting in
costs upwards of $200 billion per year.
- Killing millions of wild animals per week, while
emitting about ¼ of US greenhouse gases, possibly
significantly contribution to global warming.
- Contributing spectacular
increases in asthma, heart disease and bronchial
infections.
Hybrid technologies move towards a
hydrogen-based economy by integrating the first phases
of new technology this into the engineering process. More
important, in the short term, hybrid technologies can
immediately and significantly reduce fuel consumption and
pollution.
Many argue that cheap hydrogen could make the 21st
Century more democratic and decentralized, similar to
the way oil transformed the 19th and 20th century by
empowering corporations, causing a redistribution of
wealth, new competition, and an increased living
standard for most created by entirely new sources of
energy and materials.
Now new technology can empower every individual, help
clean the environment, and create opportunities for
everyone to prosper. The current world order will not
survive. Either the people will move forward, or we will
all move backward. Humanistic technology - creating
cheap and clean energy - is a peaceful revolution that
can conquer the will of the people better than any war.
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